Meadowlark Students Earned Bicycles to Piggy Banks at Awards Day
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Craig Lowham poses with Brian Brewer who is holding a piggy bank at the school's award program. The banks were presented to 26 Meadowlark fifth graders who completed an online money management class offered through First Bank of Montana. Lowham is the Branch President of the Chinook facility.
Meadowlark Elementary Principal Jon Martin gave the signal for the assembled students to quiet down, but there was still an undercurrent of excitement on the last day of school. It was Awards Day and students would be recognized for superior attendance, completing an online course to learn about managing money, being good citizens and reading achievements. Sixth graders, who would be moving on to junior high next fall, got a sendoff from their fellow students with a song, cheers and high-fives.
Much of the excitement was about who would win the attendance awards. Principal Martin told how diff...
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